Driver in fatal crash mourned: 'He'd light up a room'

5:40 AM,
Jan. 10, 2013

Alberto Reyes

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Police continue to investigate the one-car crash that took the life of a southern Dutchess County man, but speed and driver inattention are believed to be factors, authorities said.

Alberto Reyes, 23, was driving a 2010 Honda east on Wheeler Hill Road on Tuesday at 7:44 p.m. when he lost control of the car, went off the north side of the road, and hit a tree, a preliminary investigation revealed, said the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office.

Reyes was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The cause of death was multiple blunt impact traumas, said Dutchess County Medical Examiner Dr. Kari ...